Launch new Equator Principles again postponed; expectations rise on what new Principles will deliver. The Equator Principles Association (Association) this week announced a new delay in the release of the third version of the Equator Principles (EPIII).
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TOKYO (Kyodo) — Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to seek an injection of 1 trillion yen in public funds from a state-backed entity by the end of the month to avoid insolvency, as it struggles with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
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TOKYO (Nikkei)–RAE Systems Inc. said Tuesday that it will sell handheld radiation detectors in Japan that can store past readings and cost about one-fifth as much as typical models.
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TOKYO —One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it, according to an internal examination that renews doubts about the plant’s stability.
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